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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

We Will Overcome, By The Blood Of The Lamb

Revelation 12...Some of the book of Revelation I do not get, and chapter 12 is one of them. So please humor me and if I am wrong correct me so others will know the truth.

Revelation 12:1-6 (NCV)
The Woman and the Dragon
1 And then a great wonder appeared in heaven: A woman was clothed with the sun, and the moon was under her feet, and a crown of twelve stars was on her head. 2 She was pregnant and cried out with pain, because she was about to give birth. 3 Then another wonder appeared in heaven: There was a giant red dragon with seven heads and seven crowns on each head. He also had ten horns. 4 His tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and threw them down to the earth. He stood in front of the woman who was ready to give birth so he could eat her baby as soon as it was born. 5 Then the woman gave birth to a son who will rule all the nations with an iron rod. And her child was taken up to God and to his throne. 6 The woman ran away into the desert to a place God prepared for her where she would be taken care of for one thousand two hundred sixty days.

In my New Century Study Bible I have underlined time specific Scriptures like verse 6. I forgot to do that in my previous blogs of Revelation, but I have included that here. I'm not sure why, but I guess when I get to the time of Christ coming back, I want to know how long these things will go on before we see our final victory.

OK, this is where I may be wrong, but doesn't this woman sound like Mary and the child the dragon, Satan wants to kill Jesus? I mean, look at verse five. Does that not sound like our Savior?

What I found interesting was that this all took place in heaven. This battle was in heaven. The dragon Satan was in heaven. He wasn't victorious, but he was there. Let's read on.

Revelation 12:7-9 (NCV)
7 Then there was a war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. 8 But the dragon was not strong enough, and he and his angels lost their place in heaven. 9 The giant dragon was thrown down out of heaven. (He is that old snake called the devil or Satan, who tricks the whole world.) The dragon with his angels was thrown down to the earth.

OH! That explains life on earth.

We live in Satan's world. We are foreigners in this world. We do not belong here and soon we will get to go back to our home, heaven. This time, Satan will not be there fighting with Michael or God. Christ will have the final victory over Satan and he will be defeated forever.

Revelation 12:10-12 (NCV)
10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying:
"The salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God
and the authority of his Christ have now come.
The accuser of our brothers and sisters,
who accused them day and night before our God,
has been thrown down.
11 And our brothers and sisters defeated him
by the blood of the Lamb's death
and by the message they preached.
They did not love their lives so much
that they were afraid of death.
12 So rejoice, you heavens
and all who live there!
But it will be terrible for the earth and the sea,
because the devil has come down to you!
He is filled with anger,
because he knows he does not have much time."

Your accuser, Satan, will be thrown down into hell where he belongs. God doesn't accuse us or remember our repented sin, Satan does. When Jesus comes back though, there will be no accuse or remembering our past sins. We are forgiven! It is final!

I had a talk with my son yesterday. He was battling with the Accuser over something he did in the past. God has forgiven him because he has repented of it, but Satan likes to bring things back up from the pit of hell to torment us with. God doesn't remind us of past sins...unless we haven't repented of them. The Enemy wants to weaken us by making us feel those past sins are still weighing us down and are not forgiven. He may even try to convince you that they are way to big for God to forgive. Our God is a mighty God. No sin is too big for Him. We need to accept that we have been forgiven and go on with our Christian walk and not be weakened by the Accuser.

As I got up this morning a song came to my mind, well a part of a song. It was one we sang in church this past Sunday. "We will overcome, by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony..." Just that one verse over and over is stuck in my head. It is a good thing to have stuck in your head though, can I hear a big AMEN!?

Revelation 12:13-18 (NCV)
13 When the dragon saw he had been thrown down to the earth, he hunted for the woman who had given birth to the son. 14 But the woman was given the two wings of a great eagle so she could fly to the place prepared for her in the desert. There she would be taken care of for three and one-half years, away from the snake. 15 Then the snake poured water out of its mouth like a river toward the woman so the flood would carry her away. 16 But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that came from the mouth of the dragon. 17 Then the dragon was very angry at the woman, and he went off to make war against all her other children-those who obey God's commands and who have the message Jesus taught.
18 And the dragon stood on the seashore.

This is why we battle in this life. Satan is angry that he did not get to defeat Jesus. So since he cannot get at Jesus, he will try to defeat His brothers and sisters.

Looking at verse 17 again I see we are Mary's other children. I never thought of it that way. I know in the Catholic church we always called her Mother Mary. I guess as Christian and as son's and daughters of God, Mary would be our Spiritual Mother. It makes sense. We are Christ brothers and sisters.

Then the dragon stood on the seashore. I don't ever want to go to the sea shore again.

I've only been to the west coast once when I was in my teens...a long, long, time ago.

I seriously do not think this means anything about avoiding the beach. Yet I am sure Satan is thinking about how to defeat us, but our Father in heaven is much wiser and more powerful that the Dragon. Can I hear a big AMEN brothers and sisters?

Sorry for my sounding like an evangelist, I just get excited when I read about the victory we will have over Satan.

Prayer: Father God, I thank You that Christ will defeat the Accuser of our people. Lord, be with those today who are being accused of sins that have been forgiven already. Help them not to fall into the trap of reliving those past sins and the feelings of guilt and shame for them all over again. They have been forgiven and it is FINAL! Ther4e is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, Your Word says. The only condemnation is from Satan himself, the Accuser. Block these accusations Lord and bring restoration to those who have fallen from their forgiven status with You because of the Accuser. I thank You for the victory we have in Jesus over death. I thank You that some day we will kneel at Your feet and worship you wholly and we will not be accused any more. We will be righteous and wear robes of white because of that righteousness we have through our Savior Jesus Christ. Continue to build us up to be strong against the Enemy's evil plans to destroy us. We know that Your will is that none should be lost, let Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Amen.

In God's Love,
GFCC Brother

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Ah yes , the blood the blood the blood. when that blood was spilled , when Christ set that blood on the mercy seat in the holies of holies , when he presented it to God the Father... It was enough!!!!
Satan is defeated by the blood, we are under grace because of the blood, mankind is restored through the blood..
may we never forget the blood, may we always preach and teach the blood.. for it never loses its power.

I love it, I love it,
Can't get enough of it,
The story of Christ and his blood,
May it pour over me
may it wash over me
Im victorious because of the blood..

Ahh you got me jumping today.. halleluiah!!!!

Posted 05/26/2009 05:17am
Author: bethy

awesome blog!!
Praise God for the blood!!

I was struck by verse 11 , we must preach the Word, we were commanded to do it.

I agree with Bethy - you got me jumpy too

Lily

Posted 05/26/2009 05:54am
Author: lilysvalley

Thank you, thank you, but yet it is not I, but Christ that lives in me that makes it at all possible for me to write such blogs. It is that saving grace that fills me with the hope and faith and strength to go on each day until our Lord's return. Until then, I must be about my Father's business. Let's jump for Jesus!

Posted 05/27/2009 12:27am
Author: gfccbrother

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